England set a world record of 498 for 4 in the first match of the series against the Netherlands on Friday. Eoin Morgan‘s team won the match by 232 runs. They will play their second match today. Buttler‘s contribution in the world record-setting innings was 162* off 70 balls. “Even before that, we were close to (500 runs),” he told reporters. In this case, the message for the team is always to go beyond their limits and move the team forward. Although it is difficult to achieve. But we will continue to try to score 500 runs. ‘Butler hit 7 fours and 14 sixes in the match.

He completed his century with 47 balls. Butler is the second fastest centurion in England after Morgan in ODIs. Praising the wicketkeeper-batsman, captain Morgan said, “Joss has been batting like this for the last two years. He has created a different world of his own. Which is awesome. Butler is probably the best batsman right now. ‘Butler is having a really great time in the short format. He scored a century in the last T20 World Cup. Four centuries have come from Butler’s bat in the IPL. The first three of the team’s highest scores in ODIs are from England. They scored 481 runs against Australia in Nottingham in 2018.

Morgan’s team scored 444 runs against Pakistan in 2016 at the same venue. The ODI World Cup will be held in India next year. Morgan wants to prepare himself in the best possible way to retain the title there. He said, ‘The mantra that the boys have been playing for six years when they can apply it on the field, feels great. We haven’t played too many ODIs recently. So it is important to be in rhythm before going to play the World Cup in India next year. ‘